إنَّindeed هذاthis لهوindeed it is السحرthe magic الحلالlawful
إنَّ هذا لهو السحر الحلال
أينwhere أنتمyou (plural) أينwhere أنتمyou (plural) ياO رجالْmen
أين أنتم أين أنتم يا رجالْ
Indeed, this is truly lawful magic.
This is indeed lawful magic
Where are you, where are you, O men?
Where are you, where are you O men
اشربوهdrink it لبناًas milk منfrom ضرعناour udder
اشربوه لبناً من ضرعنا
شربَthe drinking of صادٍa thirsty person وجدfound الماءَthe water الزُّلالْclear and sweet
شربَ صادٍ وجد الماءَ الزُّلالْ
Drink it as milk from our udder,
Drink it as milk from our udder
As a thirsty man drinks upon finding clear, sweet water.
The one who drank found clear water
يشبهit resembles المعجزthe miraculous فيin معدنهits source
يشبه المعجز في معدنه
ياO لثاراتٍfor acts of vengeance لأمرfor a matter لاnot يُنالْcan be attained
يا لثاراتٍ لأمر لا يُنالْ
It resembles the miraculous in its source.
It resembles a miracle in its source
O, for vengeance for a matter that cannot be attained
Oh for a matter that cannot be attained
باكتسابby acquisition أنهthat it is منfrom قولthe speech of مَنْone who
باكتساب أنه من قول مَنْ
قالsaid بالإسكانof establishing stillness فيin عينthe very essence of المحالْimpossibility
قال بالإسكان في عين المحالْ
By acquisition—it is from the words of one
By acquiring that it is from the words of Him
Who spoke of establishing stillness in the very essence of impossibility.
Who said with stillness in the eye of the impossible
هوit ظلa shadow للذيof the one whom تعرفهyou know him
هو ظل للذي تعرفه
ولهذاand for this reason حكمهits status حكمthe status of الظلالshadows
ولهذا حكمه حكم الظلال
It is a shadow of the one you know,
It is the shadow of the One you know
And for this reason, its status is that of shadows.
And so its ruling is the ruling of shadows
ماnot كمالُthe perfection of الشخصِthe person إلاexcept ظلهhis shadow
ما كمالُ الشخصِ إلا ظله
إنْif بالظلِّthrough the shadow لهfor him عينُthe very essence of الكمالperfection
إنْ بالظلِّ له عينُ الكمال
A person's perfection is nothing but his shadow,
The perfection of a person is only his shadow
If, through the shadow, perfection itself is his.
For in the shadow his eye of perfection lies
ولهذاand for this reason مدَّهextended it اللهGod لناfor us
ولهذا مدَّه الله لنا
فنراهso we see it عندناbefore us ضربَthe setting forth of مِثالan example
فنراه عندنا ضربَ مِثال
And for this reason God extended it for us,
And so Allah extended it to us
So we see it before us as an example.
That we see it, setting an example
يتعالىis exalted اللهGod عنbeyond إدراكناour comprehension
يتعالى الله عن إدراكنا
وكذاand likewise نحنwe جلالmajesty فيin جمالbeauty
وكذا نحن جلال في جمال
God is exalted beyond our comprehension.
Allah is exalted above our comprehension
And likewise, we are majesty within beauty.
And so are we, majesty in beauty
إننماonly العلمknowledge بهof Him العلمُknowledge بناof us
إننما العلم به العلمُ بنا
فلذاand therefore نجهلهwe are ignorant of Him فيin كلevery حالstate
فلذا نجهله في كل حال
Knowledge of Him is only knowledge of ourselves,
Our knowledge of Him is but our knowledge of ourselves
And therefore we are ignorant of Him in every state.
And so we are ignorant of Him in every state
فيin رجوعِthe return of الظلِّthe shadow علمٌknowledge واضحٌclear
في رجوعِ الظلِّ علمٌ واضحٌ
حكمةthe wisdom of الظلِّthe shadow ترىis seen عندat الزوالvanishing
حكمة الظلِّ ترى عند الزوال
In the shadow's return lies clear knowledge;
In the return of the shadow there is clear knowledge
The shadow's wisdom is seen at its vanishing.
The wisdom of the shadow you see at sunset
Sol 6.1